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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Esperanza Spalding's Radio Music Society Tour Resumes

Esperanza Spalding resumes her Radio Music Society tour March 13th in Singapore, and returning to the United States and Canada April 5th starting with Toronto and Ann Arbor. I caught her show September 30th here in Minneapolis, and it Esperanza and the Radio Music Society put on a terrific show. You may read my review here.

Esperanza's Radio Music Society CD and tour have been highly succesful. The CD entered the Billboard Top 200 Album charts at #10, an accomplishment for a Jazz album. Esperanza won two Grammy's this year with Radio Music Society CD, one for Best Jazz Vocal Album, the other for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocals for the song City of Roses from the CD. Esperanza was chosen one of the top four bassists in both the electric and acoustic category in JazzTimes Magazine, as well as one of the top four female vocalist.

During this tour, Esperanza is supporting the Innocence Project, which seeks to exonnerate people wrongfully convicted. The Innocence Project seeks reforms in the criminal justice system, and to use DNA evidence to overturn wrongful convictions.

Radio Music Society wants you to tune in to The Innocence Project.A portion from the sale of the merchandise on our North American fall tour through October will be donated to this very worthy organization

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I have two wonderful grown kids, plus, my youngest "baby", my cat, Carmen. I have a graduate degree in counseling psychology. I am a bass player. I love music, especially Jazz, R&B, and Rock & Roll (especially classic rock). My favorite musical artists are the Beatles, Bob Marley, Esperanza Spalding, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Eric Clapton, the Moody Blues, David Bowie, U2, Bruce Cockburn, and others. I am both a college and pro football fan, and my team is the Green Bay Packers. I am an Orthodox Christian. I am on the left politically, a social democrat.